QPERF for Elektron Analog Rytm

Set performance locks by holding QPER and turning knobs, apply them to the kit, and record performance moves in LIVE RECORDING.

Module version 0.2.0-experimental. Base firmware: 1.74.

About this module

Hold QPER and turn a knob: it edits that parameter's offset in the performance linked to QPER, and the knob inverts and shows it as it does for a held performance pad. QPER + PLAY clears it and PLAY again undoes that. QPER + RECORD and STOP copy and paste it. QPER + YES writes what you hear into the kit and removes those locks. In LIVE RECORDING the pads, the QPER knob and MIDI performance moves are kept in a quick perf rec that loops with the pattern; RECORD + YES writes it into the pattern as locks, RECORD + NO clears it.

• Sets a lock in the linked performance with one turn
• QPER + PLAY clears the linked performance
• QPER + YES moves them into the kit
• Records pad and QPER knob moves in LIVE RECORDING and plays them back, 8 points a step

How to use it

1. Hold QPER, press pad 1 to link its performance, and keep holding.
2. Turn FLTR's cutoff up and the resonance a little, and let go of QPER.
3. Sweep the QPER knob. Both moves come in together.
4. When a position sounds right, hold QPER and press YES to keep it in the kit.
5. Hold QPER and press RECORD, press pad 2, then STOP to start another performance from this one.
6. Press PERF, hold RECORD and press PLAY. While the pattern plays, press and squeeze pads 1 and 2. Let go and listen to the next pass.
7. Hold RECORD and press YES to write the moves into the pattern.

Compatibility notes

• A press with QPER held leaves one link, unlike stock. A kit with several keeps them until then, and shows MORE THAN ONE LINKED.
• The gestures work on the sound pages and in PERF, SCNE, MUTE and CHRO, not in menus.
• Until the QPER knob moves after power on, QPER + YES uses the amounts stock holds.
• Replaces stock's QPER + PLAY, which starts the sequencer.
• Recorded performance moves live in RAM until QPER + YES writes them: a pattern change, project load or power off drops them.
• The move lane holds 64 steps; a track at its own speed gets no locks from it.

Test evidence

The author's Analog Rytm MKII, with a USB MIDI trace for the quick perf rec, and rytm-emu. TESTING.md names each build.